UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549
 
 
FORM 8-K
 
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant To Section 13 or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
 
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported):  July 7, 2009
 
PartnerRe Ltd.
(Exact Name of Registrant
as Specified in Charter)
 
 
Bermuda
  
 
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
  
 
001-14536
  
Not Applicable
(Commission File Number)
  
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
 
Wellesley House, 90 Pitts Bay Road, Pembroke, Bermuda
  
HM 08
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
  
(Zip Code)
 
     
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (441) 292-0888
 
 
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Item 5.02    Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

(d)  On July 9, 2009, the Board of Directors of PartnerRe Ltd. (the “Company”) announced that it had appointed David Zwiener to fill a vacancy on the Board, effective July 7, 2009.  The Board appointed Mr. Zwiener as a Class I director.  Accordingly, his term will expire at the 2012 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders.  Mr. Zwiener will also serve as a member of the Board’s Human Resources Committee, Compensation Committee and Audit Committee.

Mr. Zwiener will be compensated on the same terms as the Company’s other non-management directors, as described under “Director Compensation” in the Company’s proxy statement filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on April 9, 2009.  In addition, Mr. Zwiener will enter into an indemnification agreement with the Company in the same form as the Company has entered into such agreements with its other current directors.  The form of indemnification agreement was described in, and attached as an exhibit to, the Company’s Form 8-K filed with the SEC on September 6, 2005.

There is no arrangement or understanding between Mr. Zwiener and any other persons pursuant to which he was appointed as a director of the Company.  There are no transactions in which Mr. Zwiener has an interest requiring disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

A copy of the press release announcing Mr. Zwiener’s appointment as a director of the Company is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated by reference herein.

Item 9.01    Financial Statements and Exhibits
 
(d)     Exhibits.
 
Exhibit No.
  
Description
     
99.1
  
Press release dated July 9, 2009

 
 
SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
   
PartnerRe Ltd.
(Registrant)
  
       
       
Date:
July 10, 2009
  
By:
/s/ Amanda E. Sodergren
  
       
Name:
Amanda E. Sodergren
  
       
Title:
Chief Legal Counsel
  
 
 
 

 
Index to Exhibits
 
Exhibit No.
  
Description
     
99.1
  
Press release dated July 9, 2009